Welbore Ellis (bishop)

Welbore Ellis (1651?–1734) was an English bishop of Kildare, bishop of Meath and Irish privy councillor.

Life

He was the fourth son of the Rev.

Welbore Ellis became a prebendary of Winchester in 1696. He was promoted in 1705, by patent dated 22 September, to the bishopric of Kildare, with the deanery of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in commendam, and was translated, 13 March 1731, to the bishopric of Meath, with a seat in the Irish privy council. He died on 1 January 1734, and was buried within the cathedral of Christ Church, Dublin, where a monument was erected.

He was also notable for having arranged for Edward Lovett Pearce to design Deanery House, one of the first Palladian houses in Dublin for the Dean's of the Cathedral.^[1]

Works

His publications are:

• ‘The Dean of Dublin, Plaintiff, Archbishop of Dublin, Defendant, upon a Writ of Error—the Defendant's Case,’ London, 1724.
• ‘The Lord Bishop of Kildare, Dean of the Church of the Holy Trinity of Dublin, Plaintiff in Error. The Lord Archbishop of Dublin Defendant in Error. The Plaintiff in Error's Case,’ London, 1724.

Family

He married Diana, daughter of Sir John Briscoe, knt., of Boughton, Northamptonshire, and Amberley Castle, Sussex, and had, with other issue, Welbore, later Baron Mendip, and Anne, who married firstly Henry Agar of Gowran Castle, and secondly George Dunbar.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). "Ellis, Welbore (1651?-1734)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 17. London: Smith, Elder & Co.